SHIV How can Communism be a religion (or even co-exist side by side) ? What I know from history of Communists through out the world is thatCommunists hated religion and made attemps in every possible ways to exterminate religion wherever Communism took hold. Former Soviet Union was an example from the past. Communists tried relentlessly to get rid of Pope John Paul and he became a voice against Communism all his life when Soviets defeated Germans (at the end of World War 2) and brought Communism to the EAST BLOCK countries like Poland, Hungary etc. Communist in China tried to in every possible ways to get rid of any influence of religion and the crack down on this religious group called Falang Gong is a fresh example. Some Maoists in Nepal tried to get rid of Pandits from villages. So in essence, if I were to consider "your defination" above, the given defination itself will work against your characterization of "terrorist" because the Maoists in Nepal never used religion as a cover to achieve their goals. Come up with more coherent defination ..PAL.